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The YYC Calgary International Airport saw its busiest year to date with more than 16 million passengers flying in or out of the city in 2017. About four per cent more people travelled through the airport last year compared to numbers from 2016. In total, 16,275,862 passengers travelled through YYC on domestic, international and transborder […]

A $15 box of tampons sold at the Calgary International Airport may have elicited shock online, but it’s common for feminine hygiene products to cost that much — or more — in many remote northern communities. Carlee Field was waiting for a flight from Calgary to Vancouver last month when she stopped to use the […]

While everyone’s attention in the East Village mega makeover is focused on the new library ($245 million), the National Music Centre ($135 million) and the St. Patrick’s Island revitalization and bridge ($70 million), Fort Calgary’s makeover has been flying under the radar.

The difference from the day he arrived home, touching down at Calgary International Airport a calendar year ago this Friday, lugging an equipment bag, a passel of sticks and an IMAX-sized horizon of unfulfilled promise, is exponential. “I’m coming in with a completely different mindset than last year,” says Joe Colborne.

CALGARY - The second phase of sales for retail space in the planned New Horizon Mall, in the Balzac area, was a smashing success on the weekend. Eli Swirsky, president of The Torgan Group which is developing the project with The MPI Property Group, told the Herald on Monday that sales activity was “amazing” with agreements for purchase in place for all 26 food court units in the mall, which sold out very quickly. It also has commitments for purchase for up to 85 per cent of all the more than 500 retail stores.

The ribbon-cutting Saturday for the opening of the Tuscany LRT station also marks an end. The construction spree that gave Calgary 17 new LRT stops since 2001 is over, leaving an unusual construction lull.

A decade ago, if you were flying out of Fort McMurray, you had two options — Edmonton or Calgary. By 2006, homesick Atlantic Canadians could take Air Canada’s “Newfoundland Express” flight to St. John’s, but by and large, air travel choices remained slim for oilsands workers and Fort Mac residents alike.

CALGARY - Delta Hotels and Resorts has been named as the tenant for the new four-star hotel attached to the Calgary International Airport’s $1.4 billion terminal expansion. The shell of the 318-room hotel has already been built by the Calgary Airport Authority as part of its massive expansion project. Delta was awarded the tenancy in a competitive bid process, and is in the process of completing the interior according to its own specifications. The hotel will boast more than 17,000 feet of conference and meeting space, including a 6,000 square foot ballroom; a restaurant and lounge; a spa and indoor pool; and a fitness centre with a view of the airport runways and Rocky Mountains.

CALGARY - Oxford Properties, the real estate arm of the OMERS Worldwide Group of Companies, announced Tuesday its industrial portfolio has exceeded over 10 million square feet, comprising assets across Canada’s core markets, including Calgary. The company said it also intends to develop an additional 5.1 million square feet over the next three years to capitalize on the growing demand for modern, well-located buildings in Canada’s major cities.

The city’s airport tunnel will link the terminal to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of new retail, residential, office and industrial projects planned on land developers have acquired since council approved the project three years ago. Major developments had already been pushing forward in the farmers’ fields north and east of the airport after completion of the northeast ring road, expansion of Metis Trail and new LRT stations in the northeast.

There is perhaps no better way to show off the sheer size and scale of an airport runway than by inviting people to experience it on foot. At nearly five kilometres long and over a metre thick, Calgary International Airport’s new runway requires a good 20 to 30 minutes of brisk jogging to traverse. And if you’re walking it with kids in tow — stopping at displays and maybe grabbing a bite to eat along the way — then getting from one end to the other can take all morning.

Canada’s first Boeing Dreamliner, the new-model 787 that has had aviation geeks buzzing since its first test flight, made an appearance in Calgary on Sunday courtesy of Air Canada. The airline took the opportunity to show off its shiny new plane as part of the festivities celebrating the opening of the Calgary International Airport’s new runway. While the Dreamliner was simply parked on the tarmac this time, Air Canada officials promised that some day, the aircraft will return to Calgary for regularly scheduled service.

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